COMMERCIAL

My experience with working with companies in extensive with both large and small projects and everything in-between. The nature of the projects is quite diverse typically an analysis of some sort as well as analyzing contracts. You can see the nature of some of these projects at this Project Link.  Of interest are solar project consulting engagements where an independent consultant is a value member of the project team.

Many times commercial projects are well run by the company. While this works most of the time, they many times miss the big picture perspective.  In other words, their knowledge may be solid but is missing current developments. Case in point: Large corporation installed 40+ charging stations in the employee parking areas, a great employee benefit. What they missed was that the charging stations were tied to the electricity system, i.e. not solar, and there was no monitoring of employees not disconnecting when fully charged. A huge cost savings would be to have the charging stations connected to a solar system and the charging stations would be programed with disincentives for “idle” time. In this specific
case the solar savings would have been over $200,000 and employee satisfaction would have been much more positive.

 

Taking this to the next level. Let’s install a full “all-in-one” charging station comprised of eight (plus or minus) charging stations, fully solar powered with battery storage for night time and cloudy weather. This is a for-fee charging setup. The investor would receive about 150% cash flow over the invested cash when it reaches 80% capacity.